Sells v. Delaware

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Defendant-appellant William S. Sells, III appealed a Superior Court judgment where the jury found Sells guilty of Robbery in the First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited, Wearing a Disguise During the Commission of a Felony, six counts of Aggravated Menacing, and five counts of Reckless Endangering in the Second Degree. Sells raised two arguments on appeal: (1) the Superior Court erred when it denied his motion to sever his trial from his co-defendant's, Russell Grimes; and (2) the Superior Court erred in finding one of his peremptory challenges of a white juror violated the United States Constitution, and that it erred in upholding the State's Batson challenge. After review, the Supreme Court agreed with Sells' as to his second claim and, therefore, did not reach the first claim. Accordingly, Sells' conviction was reversed and the matter remanded for further proceedings. View "Sells v. Delaware" on Justia Law